BCM300 – EXPERIMENTING WITH CARDS & BOARD GAMES

Considering the fact that I haven’t been attending classes on campus, I decided to experiment with 2 board games that I purchased in my current circumstances. Azul and 5 Second Rule. Both games are formatted differently and are unique between one another, as one is a board game and the other is a card game. As my group and I will be developing a prototype of a game before the end of the semester, the primary objective is to understand the structure of the games. What is required is a deeper comprehension of how our reactions and emotions are affected by games. I will be discussing the inter depth of the game and what I’ve learnt throughout the past couple weeks. We will be looking at both games that I had the opportunity of playing:

• 5 Second Rule
• Azul

PROCESS OF LEARNING THE GAME

Learning the game 5 Second Rule was simple as it was familiar to me, considering the fact that I’ve played it before. It is a well known game and there are different formats of the game as the concept is well known. I didn’t find it hard and found myself easing into it. Practicing card games helps develop challenge capabilities, persistence, and flexibility, all of which are crucial for learning new concepts and being able to respond to inquiries. When playing Azul, I found myself confused and had to watch tutorials as I didn’t know how to play the game and never heard of it in the past. As soon as I started playing I found myself ease into it appropriately since I slowly started to understand the rules, the more I played, the more I understood the concept regarding what to do and how to play. I can see myself playing it more often with friends as I found myself enjoying the game due to how different it is, since it has its unique touch. 

AFFECTIVE RESPONSE TO THE GAME

Playing the game 5 Second Rule brings excitement as it’s a fast paced game that goes on quickly, both players have to answer the question and at times I didn’t know how to answer the questions as the stress was evident when I am put on the spot. It’s a game that brings positivity as it’s fun and for people who are in a group wanting to play the game, I enjoy answering questions as it allows me to learn more. I felt happier and had more energy after playing the game because dopamine chemicals seemed to be released. Playing card games has allowed me to be more optimistic and gave me the will to take on new tasks. I found myself being competitive when paying Azul since I wanted to win. The body’s inherent feel-good compounds, endorphins, are released when people play board games. Joyful hormones have the capacity to enhance both conscious and unconscious mental processes, resulting in a positive, sympathetic, and ultimately contented mood (S, P. 2019). I found myself enjoying the game and allowing myself to take in every moment of it due to how it made me feel mentally. It allowed me to learn how to move strategically as the game is about how you move, the final outcome is the point and making a pattern that leaves you having points. 

GENRE, THEME & GAME MECHANICS

The genre of 5 Second Rule is a fast paced process orientated as it is an algorithm or going back and forth within the person you’re playing against. The theme is for individuals who are looking to enjoy their time, for instance a party game where people can socialize by playing the game, it can also be played within families as it’s a stress reliever. The rules consist of the opponent asking the question, leaving you to answer the question in the span of 5 seconds, depending on the question it may be easy or hard, m you also have a card that allows you to skip your turn or to swap turns depending on whether or not you want to answer the question or not. 

The genre of Azul is known to be strategy and process orientated as it is a slow game that involves thinking and may take time. The theme is for individuals who are looking to pull away from reality and have a grasp of distraction from the real world. The game mechanics is more complicated than 5 Second Rule, the game consists of making a pattern from horizontal and making your way vertically, it takes more time and will have more than a couple rounds. In Azul, you attempt to earn points by putting more squares on your wall. The area of your platform to the right is known as your walls. The first step in adding tiles to the wall is to arrange them in complete rows on the left of the board (Dicebreaker, 2020). 

OVERALL EXPERIENCE

The experience of playing with these games has allowed me to understand the rules and concepts on a deeper level, I found myself enjoying this part of the course as it was a joyful opportunity. Learning more about these games and how they work will allow me to have more ides as to what I want the final product of the game my group and I will be creating eventually by the end of the course. I’d want to see a game like the “5 Second Rule,” but with changes that would make it more entertaining for us and more relatable. It sparked an adrenaline rush and ought to be played in a more communal environment. I’m the kind of person who likes to be around other people, therefore I’ve found myself playing this game quite a bit in the past.

REFERENCES

• OnManorama. (n.d.). 7 mental health benefits of playing card games. [online] Available at: https://www.onmanorama.com/lifestyle/health/2022/08/06/7-mental-health-benefits-playing-card-games.html 
• S, P. (2019). Benefits of Playing Board Games. [online] Bucks County Free Library. Available at: https://buckslib.org/benefits-of-playing-board-games/. 

Dicebreaker. (2020). How to play Azul: board game’s setup, gameplay rules and scoring explained. [online] Available at: https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/azul/how-to/how-to-play-azul-board-game

PART 2: THE CONTRIBUTION OF OUR GAME BEING PROTOTYPED

My role when it came to creating a game was to establish an idea that we can develop. My partner and I came up with an idea of creating a game with a similar theme of 5 Second Rule and Snakes and Ladder. It is a crossover ame due to the fact that it has two mixes of the game. The game we decided to create is called “Sand Dunes & Skyscrapers: A Journey Through Time” . We decided for the game to be based upon the city of Dubai since we wanted to demonstrate the early years of Dubai when it was startin up and the major contrast it has now in the 21st century. The concept of the game starts off with the first 50 levels in ‘Old Dubai’ slowly allowing the players to build up and go forward to the last 50 levels of ‘New Dubai’. Throughout the game there will be obstacles such as question marks that will have the opposing player read out for the player to answer within the five second time frame. There will also be obstacles of skyscrapers bringing the player down and this has the same effect of the ladder in the original gameplay.

Why the AME was chosen, and why it is a good idea

According to the online research there are no board games developed in the United Arab Emirates or Dubai , since the games are helping kids and adults develop important life skills as well as having board games based on the place they live in would be very informative as well it expands their understanding. Also, the government of the United Arab Emirates has done, and continues a number of measures to as well preserve history and also increase awareness of it through celebrations and many other events that involve building and also maintaining mosques, heritage villages, clubs, and museums. A game based in Dubai’s history would be well received in homes, garner favorable media attention and even can be seen as a modern spin on preserving history and advancing with the times rather than trying to hold on to the past.

The Mechanics

We decided to create a hybrid game that is based on Snakes and Ladder but has a different idea and a few original twists. There will also be a 5 second rule element. As participants reach a certain level, the genre will become process-oriented. At that point, there will be a question mark, which will force the person you’re playing against to pick up a card and pose a question in a constrained amount of time (5 seconds). Dubai will serve as the inspiration, thus there will be structures and a desert in the artwork. In order to reach the game’s opening level, players must navigate a number of challenges and obstacles in the desert where they start the game. Players will show up. Cards with historical and cultural questions about Dubai can be seen along the way. The players’ knowledge of Dubai and its residents will be tested, and they will only have five seconds to respond. For the first 50 blocks, it will be based on Dubai’s desert, symbolizing the city’s humble beginnings; however, from level 50 to 100, it will be designed like Dubai’s present state, which is one of luxury and skyscrapers. Players can experience the high life in higher levels by visiting affluent sites like the Burj Khalifa, the Palm Jumeirah, or the Dubai Mall. Participants must overcome obstacles and respond to questions about Dubai’s history and culture in order to reach the culture to the top.

I was able to create a design for the potential prototype of the game using MidJourney, though I wasn’t particularly fond of it because it didn’t quite grasp the idea of the game in terms of what we intended to have. Nevertheless, we were able to find a design after several iterations in which we changed how we wanted the AI to function. Although I tried to integrate both, it didn’t work out. The end product is good since it is seen as bold, striking, and authentic because it depicts the old Dubai of the desert.

The Process of the idea and designing the game

The entire process was fruitful because I was able to learn more about how to curate a game, construct a game prototype, and handle all the other elements needed to make a game. It is quite unlikely that the game would have been successful if it hadn’t been a niche product. In addition to being fun and time-consuming, the idea is intriguing. Having played snakes and ladder in the past, I was hooked and drawn to the game because of the distraction it provides.

Play Testing

In order to do play testing, I made it a point to invite people and watch how they interact with the game. requesting their opinions on the positives and negatives of the game, as well as any recommendations they may have on how to improve it. I got out a board for snakes and ladders to describe the concept and how I saw the game to be played to my family members who were the players. I also questioned them about the culture and history of Dubai. I started a timer to make sure they kept to the time restriction. Overall, individuals gave it excellent comments, expressed enjoyment, and recommended playing it in a social setting with friends and family. We’ll include new ideas variations and elements. We will start experimenting with new features and adjustments to improve the gameplay once it has a solid foundation. For instance, we can add brand-new card types with different gameplay implications or present players with brand-new obstacles to overcome. After we have the complete final version with all the twists, components, and story, we will thoroughly test the game to ensure that it is fun, challenging, and intriguing for players. finalizing and making any required changes.

If you know me well all my blogs are about healthy life style , binge eating epspecially in the Uae , I have lost previously 45kg in 6 months and I managed to do it , and after that I started having a fear of gaining , so that is why I always try to stay on my routing so I will not cross the path of gaining weight as I did before.

• My aim of the pitch project is to inspire and advice women that are going through the same situation that I am going through that is pregnancy.
• As the challenges start to increase by month and days your baby weight increases and your food habits change your taste of food as well changes and many more.

About 1 and a half year back I have created an instagram account that helps motivate people to eat healthy and train , I want to continue with this instagram changing a bit only making the audience women that are pregnant.

I will be as well showing how to train while pregnant and what to eat while pregnant.

• The platform that I have chosen to be active on is writing blogs sharing my experiences and especially supporting my audience I will be frequently adding pictures some videos and lots of information how to manage the 9 month pregnancy, I will also continuing my previous project that is instagram I have created it to help my audience be motivated and it helped a lot of people , I want to continue motivating but of course a slight change the audiance will be pregnancy I will also want to continue after pregnancy how to get in shape after and how to Start after pregnancy and most importantly not to hurt your self , it is risky.
• I want to find a way to motivate women that are going through depression especially while pregnant.
• I will be sharing my struggles with everyone I will try as more as possible posting of the challenges that I am facing.
• I want my audience to learn how to overcome they’re problems and I will be helping towards the whole process as I am going through the same path.

My niche that I have chosen is how it messes with mental well being and body image 

As I was always on daily routine and I had a specific healthy lifestyle what to eat and what not to I had a discipline toward my life I did not lie to my self , by reading my blogs and watching my videos you’ll try to understand and and set a mindset to your self and goals you’ll want to achieve and how to stay discipline throughout the pregnancy.

Vaporwave and A E S T H E T I C?

week 3 discussion Vaporwave: What is it? What exactly is aetic? What is vapor wave? I examine the genesis and development of the internet-based music and visual aesthetic that has proliferated into a meme. The Macintosh plus record cover has become a staple of the style.

On the internet, vaporwave and aesthetic, stylized as aesthetic, are two popular musical and artistic genres. They have combined to form one well-liked subgenre. Due to their prominence, they have a big impact on other parts of the internet. Many have recently been curious about the genre, so to define and explain the components of the sometimes-confusing music and art.

vaporware It’s a style of music that first emerged from contemporary online culture sometime in 2011, with a strong emphasis on smooth jazz from the 1980s and 1990s. The style has been referred to as commercial music.

Aesthetic refers to the visuals that frequently accompany music and are unmistakably influenced by the 80s and 90s. Japanese typography, vintage video game and computer components, a classic statue, soft pastel color schemes, and a seemingly low quality.
Music and art come together to become one.

implications of new forms of content production

one of the most well-known internet memes. The frog Pepe. Regrettably, Hillary Clinton despises Pepe and views him as bigoted and one of the “basket of deplorables,” as she puts it. Since most of us can remember, there has been a frog meme, but who was the meme’s creator? How did it get here? Pepe the frog is who and what?

Pepe the frog has earned his spot thanks to the internet culture thanks to the internet culture , in various forms in comments sections across the web face is used to represent a person expression or response far better than words possibly could.

happy “Pepe” is often used when an individual is pleased

“sad Pepe” used to express sadness or dissapointment

“angry Pepe” used to express feeling of rage or frustration

the most popular is “smug Pepe” often used when something sinister or malicious or occuring.

“PEPE” first appeared in Matt Furie’s black-and-white comic book series, Boy’s Club, in 2005. Pepe went from being a routine comic book character to an internet sensation when a comic depicting him urinating while pulling his pants all the way down to his ankle gained popularity on the website 4chan

Meet Edward Bernays master properganda

The purpose of this film is to provide inspiration and motivation to others. Most of the time, he doesn’t own the music or video snippets that were used. My understanding is that it is in line with Fair Right Use, but given that it is ambiguous, if the owners of the content clips would like him to take down the video, he has no problem with that and will do as said.

These videos are transformative in a good way because he uses footage from a variety of sources to help create an ambiance that will benefit viewers in a variety of circumstances. Whether it overcoming difficult obstacles, providing them greater energy in various sporting settings, or serving as a beacon of hope for those who require reassurance.

As he knows, he doesn’t want to use any parts of the work that would reduce the original content’s market worth; rather, he wants to promote it so that more people will find it and that will raise its market value. These films serve as entertaining educational resources for viewers. Given that these videos are so brief, make the most of the acting opportunities.

China: facial recognition and state control

The facial recognition technology market is dominated by China. See how the nation is utilizing it to create a massive hyper-surveillance system capable of monitoring and focusing on its ethnic minorities, especially the Muslim Uyghur community. The enormous promise of data-driven technology is to improve lives and increase connectedness globally; nevertheless, in China, it also portends further state control and the misuse of power. Facial recognition is the newest ground-breaking data-driven technology innovation. Furthermore, using only your face to check in at airports, withdraw money, and make purchases is currently possible in China. The nation currently leads the globe in the application of this cutting-edge technology, and China’s numerous artificial intelligence businesses are committed to maintaining this position going forward. Businesses like Yitu. Yitu is developing the foundation for a smart city of the future in which facial recognition is a common occurrence. Even the ability to read people’s thoughts might be possible with this But this new biometric technology will be used by the Chinese government to further solidify its autocratic reign. The nation has grand ambitions to create an extensive national facial recognition surveillance system. In previously unheard-of ways, it will be used to track its 1.4 billion residents. able to monitor everything about them, including their emotions and sexuality.

A huge network of CCTV cameras will be the main tool. A projected 400 million additional ones will be installed over the following three years in addition to the 170 million that are currently in use. According to the authorities, if you don’t have anything to conceal, you shouldn’t be concerned about this program because it will help them increase citizen security.But, not everyone is persuaded. Former magazine editor Hong Zhenkuai was fired by the authorities. He has the impression that he is constantly being watched. Even for relatively minor transgressions like jaywalking, the authorities are already employing facial recognition to name and condemn civilians. Police officials in China are now testing the device in Beijing to stop people from stealing rolls of toilet paper from public restrooms.

Digital Artifact/ pregnancy overcome

background information : why have I decided? I have decided to work on a project about how to deal with depression and weight gain during pregnancy. I am currently 34-35 weeks pregnant, which is my 9th month and third trimester. I have gained a lot during my pregnancy, over 20 kg+, while some women only gain 10. Everyone is different, and some pregnant women can’t gain weight, while others only eat when they’re hungry, which is me. I can’t really control this Every time my appetite changes and my taste for food changes, it would bring up the news of my pregnancy every week as it started to add app and every time I could not eat healthy.

My progress : in the project I did not think I will gain a lot since i have a backround of gaining then I lost and I said to my self I would never gain as much I was before unfortunately it was not under my control , it started by I would never get full at all for me it was very strange because I would always get full from a small portion but this was something else in the first months I would be very sick by not wanting to eat any chicken or fish that would leave me with sweet and junk food I could still eat, I did not have any control of my eating habits. around 5/6 month of being pregnant I have Already gained 15 kg, and most women gain this much during pregnancy, and this is when I started to feel depressed. I looked in the mirror at my body and wondered how it happened so quickly, so I started out slowly by going swimming because I would stay home and do nothing all day. I told myself that once I gave birth, I would lose the weight, but we would move around a lot while I was pregnant. I then started researching what I can do and what I am allowed to do while pregnant. I began to move more, which made me feel more alive. Later, I discovered a group session for pregnant women called Parental, which greatly assisted me by making my bones feel strong and active and reducing back pain. I was also able to fall in love, and it also assisted many other girls who experienced depression while pregnant because being pregnant makes you very lazy and unwilling to move. a lot.

I developed this project because I wanted to make this instagram account of the success that I have achieved and the results that I have proven my self that I can do. my main reason after the achievement I have proven was to help people that can not or are not sure of they’re busy type or embarrassed I can relate because I have been there from unhealthy to healthy from fat to a good body shape , this is my second time going through weight gain and having to lose but this time it will be much slower and difficult because when a women gives birth its hard to be strong after birth and dieting since the women/mother has to feed her baby and you need to provide your self with extra food so you can feed the baby , and straight away going into gym for your body is nearly impossible since your organs are not fully formed as before you need usually 5-6 months for your organs to come back as they where in the fist place before being pregnant.

social utility that I have used is good lightening for the background of the video people that a are also in the video also pregnant , I w2ant to make a instagram account since I’m really into instagram and hopefully one day I would want to be an influencer.

analysis – the progress is very interesting since I am going through the same process as of what I am writing and explaining in my DA , and I find it interesting experiencing while analyzing it , it can be stressful at the same time finding information and writing every single detail but other then that the experience is very fun and I learned a lot and my audience supported me the most and I am so grateful of that.

assessment 1 : narrative reflection

My most recent experience responding to a disruption or shift in terms of corporate ethics seems to be the significant adjustment of not being able to finish my university bachelor’s degree in Dubai due to having a life in Russia, where I recently got married and am expecting my first child. Due to these sudden circumstances I was set in, Since I am taking all of my classes online and am unable to attend in-person classes, I appear to be having trouble finishing them. When I am in a classroom setting talking to the professor rather than doing it online, I consider myself to be a rapid learner who can deal with stress.

When I first joined Wollongong, I took a completely different course and didn’t find myself satisfied as it wasn’t something I truly wanted for myself, going into Media has allowed me to feel comfortable and I’ve been doing it ever since. I truly desire to finish my university career and would love to get it done as fast as I could in order to move on with my future in establishing a family for myself. Work ethics are something I uphold, and having these qualities is crucial because they help you become a good and motivated individual. This relates to me because I strive to make the most of challenging circumstances and persevere in order to get the greatest outcomes. I have a strong sense of self-motivation and integrity, and my surroundings have helped me reach good places and develop moral beliefs for myself. Because I set goals for myself and make it a point to finish work when necessary, I consider myself to be a moral adult. Accountability teaches people how to confront difficulties, make wise choices, and set and accomplish goals. Being responsible is crucial because this improves you as a person. Staying serious and committed to my assignments is a critical work ethic I have been practicing because it is important when it comes to finishing work. I want to do work to the best of my ability while still receiving a grade that will make me feel good of myself.

The distribution of change was unexpected as I initially wanted to finish studies before going on with life, I wouldn’t change it for the world as I could balance out my personal life and my education, it might be a struggle however it is something that can be managed as I have a great support system around me and can easily get work done due to the fact that I discipline myself when it comes to getting to my end goal of completing my courses. Nobody is mentally prepared for disruption of change, and since it has altered everything, I wasn’t mentally prepared either. The idea of finishing my university career and eventually entering the workforce by finding a job is what really motivated me to be ready for it. I am primarily working toward doing this for my future son since I want to spend as much time as possible with my infant. Since everything is still new, I would say that I will gain knowledge from this experience over the following years and will be proud of myself for being able to complete courses while they were located in a completely different country, this was hard as it’s not easy dealing with stress considering the fact that I am 7 months pregnant. To make the situation easier for me, I have been in touch with my professors and classmates since I wanted to understand the assignments more and what was happening in class, this has really allowed everything to go more smoothly since i havent been attending classes in Dubai  

In life we are never ready for sudden changes, however we are going to have to face it as life is uncertain regarding the fact that anything can happen, it’s something we will have to face and bear with as things can’t always go our way. Over the years, I’ve faced a variety of life’s challenges, but I’ve always managed to find a solution, and that’s one of the elements I appreciate about myself. Every obstacle I come across presents me a chance to learn important lessons that will help me achieve in the upcoming future. Everything in life happens for a reason and what truly matters is how you deal with it as we are capable of making the most out of it, being set in this difficult person has allowed me to appreciate everything as it is not easy for a pregnant person to undertake studies in a different environment, it has taught me to make the most out of hard situations. It might have been difficult, but it has allowed me to understand struggle on a deeper level.

References

• AatkaAzhar (2022). 15 Reasons Why Responsibility Is Important? – Curious Desire. [online] Available at: https://curiousdesire.com/importance-of-responsibility/. 

JobStreet Employer MY. (2018). 5 most sought-after workplace ethics and behaviour. [online] Available at: https://www.jobstreet.com.my/en/cms/employer/5-sought-workplace-ethics-behaviour/. 

Cv Essay

Hi, my name is Sofia Shakhin, and you’re about to read a short story about my life. Let me tell you about my family. My father is from Palestine, Gaza, and my mother is from Russia, Lipetsk, so I am half Russian and half Palestinian. I was born in my father’s home country in 1998 during the war, and it was an adventure living around bullets and bombs that were constantly exploding. I have an older brother who was born in 1997 in the same location. Me and my family moved to the United Arab Emirates in 2007 due to my father’s work. His field is safety engineering, and he was invited to work in a company to support my family. My education started from a british school that was in Sharjah, the AIS Australian International School. It helped me become more of an English speaker since English was my third native language. It had a huge impact on me, especially with my language barrier. As well, school helped me arrive to class on time without being late. It also pushed me to communicate with classmates and how to talk to older people, especially how to respect teachers. It also advised me how to work hard on projects and get them done on the due date. It also made me gather new friends; it made me happy sharing my day with friends playing games with each other at the same age as me. It filled my emotions that I had. I was a professional skier for the national team of Russia. I would always travel. I was very independent. I would get all my work done ahead of time and be ahead of everyone in my class until the last year of school came along and the school principle did not approve of me traveling. He was very strict, and he mentioned you have a choice to continue school or leave. I was so disappointed. I have been skiing approximately all my life. I even was sponsored by the national team in Dubai, and I was racing as the name of my school. All my teachers were so grateful to me that I always got my work done and passed my tests. I had to let go of my hobbies, and that is when I lost my soul. Friends made me feel alive, and I appreciate everyone who was around in 2018. I graduated from Bradenton Prep Dubai in 2018. after graduating I understood who is really by my side it made me be strong and independent  and to value people as well during my bad days and good days I always would take videos pictures and make a small video every time and I made the decision of being in a production studio , I enrolled in the university of Wollongong in Dubai  under the major of global screen media production , studying at the university gave me the opportunity to share my success in life and have many  feedbacks from my peers that made me feel strong , I was always week of writing and with the university we have blog post every week it made me learn how to keep writing and improving every time on my mistakes with the help of my professors by my side, as well I learned a lot not only editing as well as graphic design , writing scripts , creating good ideas. As of now, I will be graduating in less than a year, and with the help of an internship, it will make me stronger.

short essay

a person who has helped me achieve my success, goals and as well advice me is “Ted Legety”

How has he helped me and given me advice? He is a fantastic influencer who got me started skiing since I have always loved to ski. When I first started skiing, I was extremely nervous to ski down the mountain. My hands were shaking, and my legs were trembling. “Ted Legety” said some words that advised be more powerful. “You’ve just got to get in the starting gate and throw down whatever you’ve got.” After watching videos and seeing his tweets every day, I became more positive. circumstances, what I would do I would start to listen to music, push aside all negative thoughts, and go forward without looking back , it helped me be where I am today.

Reflecting

My mother, who is an older version of me, is the only person I have ever used as a role model, so choosing her to interview was easy for me. However, because I had never done it before, it was strange for me to ask her questions and I kept repeating the questions I wanted to ask. When I told my mother I wanted to interview her, she initially asked if I should record the conversation on a computer When it comes to meeting new people or having her photo taken, she is extremely nervous and hesitant to expose her face. When I replied “no,” she said, “Well, then,” and I. As I am familiar with my mother’s behavior in various situations, in particular when it comes to my mother in particular, I knew she would inquire about revealing herself, my expectation was what I had anticipated..thinking is it was easy ? For me, the answer is definitely yes because I already knew the majority of the data I gathered from my interviews and I have known her since the day I was born. I am familiar with her acts, her goals, and most importantly, her outlook on life. Yet, it was also a lot of fun because we had meaningful conversations that we hadn’t really had in a while. I liked it, and I think my mother did too. Did you wonder why you were being forced to do this? because that was the assessment that we had to do. But, I was naturally puzzled as to why we had to select someone for a live interview.. How was it compared to how you thought it would be? As I was prepared for the interview before the questions were asked, I must admit that my expectations were the same. what was I expecting to learn ? I wanted to know how difficult it was to translate between Russian and English, so that’s what I was hoping to learn. the beginning. What shocked me was how my parents met in the “United Arab Emirates” when my mother went there to improve her English and my father got a work opportunity there. After a few years, when they had me and my brother, we ended up returning to live where they had first met. How can you use narrative reflection and storytelling in your future of work? During a presentation, you can utilize your storytelling abilities to persuade your boss to authorize a new project, create a company’s brand identity, or assist customers in envisioning the benefits of a product.

BCM113

the topic that my team and I have chosen to discuss is about the misinformation of the Chinese people being the start of the pandemic, why have I personally chosen to talk and discuss about this topic is because since the beginning to covid-19 there where so many rumors about how it starred and where it came from , many people would spread a Rumer that it had come from china then I would hear another rumor that it came from America the rumor would keep drifting from country to country.

There was Rumer, which I mentioned in the documentary I found about how Donald Trump created a Rumer about the covid-19 and how Chinese people began to distribute the virus and he also revealed how they are bat eaters people began to spread Donald Trump’s comments, and that’s how Rumer first began to spread. Many people all over the world began to mock the Chinese people by calling them “bat eaters,” and many individual countries stopped eating at Chinese restaurants. The beginnings of the covid were fascinating to me. The legal consideration of the covid the relate to the employment and the strategic financing that provide a brief discussion of several legal issues to consider in the current environment for instance there was some fake news that would go around how china are the number 1 effected country how everyone is sick in the country and people should be careful about being around them and people started to believe rumors that would go around for example many companies such as CNN , OSN , and even MBC and many more would block the real information to come out to the real platforms , but going to Italian restaurants or talking to Italian people is fine but that time Italy had the most deaths and sick people from covid compare to china. I believe it’s very unethical how people judge the Rumer and believe what the world would say and who to believe, I’ve decided to use a quantitative methodology, therefore I’ve produced a survey using Survey Monkey, asking people about the pandemic issue and viewing other people’s perspectives on the Covid-19 situation. I used my social media platform to publish the link to my survey, and a random person took it, I asked five questions in my survey, and the answers I came up with are displayed below.

In the image above, I asked what people think about the Corona virus that recently occurred, and where did it begin and who started spreading the virus, as well as what people think about Chinese people, and the response I received from random people was that there was a total of seven people who I asked to respond, four girls and two boys, all of whom blamed China. I had one guy who knew everything there was to know about the corona virus, and he explained in my last survey monkey question how Trump started making things up and blaming Chinese people for the outbreak’s start, and how people believe Trump’s words first, then facts, and then insults. This person knew everything there was to know about the corona virus. 

To sum it up, The whole process of choosing a topic individual was very interesting because everyone had so many ideas and topics and we ended up on agreeing on one without any conflicts, we worked online and connecting with each other, I was leading the group to the submissions it was a very good experience that made me feel responsible in the group, I learned a lot from the information that me and my team had gathered before researching I would never have known that “Donald Trump” had said things about china to start the rumor.

sources:

The Conversation. 2022. Calling the coronavirus the ‘Chinese virus’ matters – research connects the label with racist bias. [online] Available at: https://theconversation.com/calling-the-coronavirus-the-chinese-virus-matters-research-connects-the-label-with-racist-bias-176437  [Accessed 17 June 2022].

The Conversation. 2022. Calling the coronavirus the ‘Chinese virus’ matters – research connects the label with racist bias. [online] Available at: https://theconversation.com/calling-the-coronavirus-the-chinese-virus-matters-research-connects-the-label-with-racist-bias-176437  [Accessed 17 June 2022].

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district 9 4:14

DISTRICT 9 is set in a future South Africa, where an extraterrestrial ship crashed 20 years ago in the skies above Johannesburg, killing over a million labourers and near-slaves. The local government is now relocating the alien “Prawns” from their decrepit slums in District 9 to a new camp 200 kilometers away, after two decades of troubled coexistence. However, a government administrator discovers that District 9 has its own secrets as a result of the forced migration.

The part that I have chosen to talk about is when why alien fuel turns “human into prawns”?

It started when Wiku’s started when the transformation when the fluid sprayed into his face, but it wasn’t clear why it did that, it was very confusing part for me how it made him be part of them.

easy A

When Olive Penderghast lies to her best friend Rhiannon about a weekend tryst with a fictional college freshman, she becomes the victim of her school’s “rumor mill.” Olive, much to her surprise, likes the attention as word of herdisloyal rumor spreading swiftly.

the scene I have decided to talk about I have chosen a few that I would enjoy discussing and as well talking about , the first scene I have chose was when Marie AN herd olive and Rhiannon having a conversation in the bathroom , Marie An was in the stool she had spread the rumor In the entire school about how Olivia lost her virginity.

second scene Id like to talk about was a pocket of sunshine scene that is when olive and Rhiannon had a hight on the phone the Rhiannon called her a “Dirty skank” and olive called her a “jelouse virgin” after that phone call olive hangs the phone and started to change her whole closet into clothes that where attracting people attention ins school.

easy A is a comedy movie , it’s more of a gossip movie of course the the words pass on and doesn’t have an end , the key elements have included cinematography, mise-en-scene, editing and sound , provide a valuable beginning ,Overnight olive had gained the ability to change her reputations, and as well grant status for her self , and also she started to help those in need to have a reputation about sleeping with her.

Rocks

The scene I’ve chosen to discuss is when the family’s older sister went looking for a hotel room after their mother vanished, and they had two siblings, one older sister who is about 18 years old and a younger brother who is still very small, in the scene I’ve chosen to discuss is when the older sister went to get a hotel room but she had no bank cards, so the hotel administrator at the reception had asked for a deposit of 40 pounds.

When the girl returned to the hotel after school, the receptionist had packed their belongings and told them to leave immediately, because he had discovered they were students without a legal parent, especially the boy, who was a very young age, and he wanted to call the police on them. The receptionist had also refused to return the money, so the older sister began to wreck everything at the reception, throwing things, because he had not given her 40 pounds as he had promised.

central plot of the movie is one character , the plot walks you through the experience of the charactor , rocks is a fictional movie

Why have I chosen to discuss this scene is because it drew my attention and made me feel as if I were in the girls’ place, with all the responsibility of caring for my younger siblings on my shoulders. It also made me realize how difficult it is to live without a parent and how complicated life can be without money..

Shirkers

in the summer 1992 there where 3 friends that wanted to shoot a movie in the road of Singapore called “shirkers” the main character who is telling the whole documentary was the screenwriter she played the character name heroine a 16 year old name “S”

SOPHIE WAS THE PRODUCER

JASMIN WAS THE EDITOR

GEORGE WAS THE DIRECTOR

there was 3 main charectors that where playing roles in creating the movie

In the year 1992 sandi tan and her friends , Sophie and jasmin started filming a movie together they names it “shirkers” the scene that I have . chosen to talk about is in the year 1987 S had received a package from George with video tapes , they where all black screen , she was furious of thinking what mind games that he had planned. She was very furious she wrote down all her rage that she had experienced. Her family had made her move from the situation and forget bout it , her baby couzin gave her a book from mosquitos , she made here peace by reading the book , S never left the love in creating a. Movie she had later enrolled in a Colombian university to learn more about creating a movie.

Why I have talk about this scene is because,l love editing and it touched me personally made me understand how hard it is to work in a group and try to compromise and understand what each person in the group on creating a. Movie and they had to add a,lol if there ideas in the movie and not everyone ants the same idea .

ME AND MY 2 HOBBIE THAT IS FOOD AND SPORT !

My decision in choosing this topic was very straightforward.

Why is that? I am very into the subject that has anything to do with “sport or a healthy lifestyle,” so my first decision was to have some shots of how my daily workout goes; I have taken a few pictures of what kind of exercise I do.
My development of the work that I have done is my camera in one hand, and the other was doing something; I have also learned where to place the camera and what different angels.
My message to the story has silenced no words said, it’s straightforward and clear what I’m doing, how I’m doing to workouts what I’m doing it’s very straight forward, what food I’m eating as we are in the United Arab emirates everyone knows our local traditional food.

In my visual essay, I want to share how it’s a severe problem that Is happening worldwide and is affecting many people; my main focus is kids. In my visual essay, the images that I have gathered were fascinating. There are so many images about obesity; the messages of the images are all different being sent, the comments, the insults that are being commented on in each picture, many cases of abuse, and a lot of inappropriate messages.

This topic well impacted me made me want to help people who are going with this issue. I want to start a support group who want to change their lifestyle and Begin to go healthy as well. I want to make obesity hate stop insults. I’d try to promote it online to stop hate on social media.

In my visual essay, I used https://creativecommons.org/, this website, to find the full content of any images that I need for obesity. My main website for the pictures was through flicker; it had exciting photographs and stories to get a particular idea.

In my visual essay, the topic that I have researched is “How is the food industry influencing/manipulating costumers through advertising?”

Why have I decided to focus on how kids are being manipulated? It’s not only kids as well adults, of course, but kids are being affected more since they don’t understand that they are being controlled/manipulated how it’s being promoted. I am mainly talking about the United Arab Emirates, as well I am talking about how kids are very spoiled and how everything is being given to them on a tray, significantly if you are being raised by an Arab family and have maid’s in your house that you can ask them to bring anything you want, for example, your laying down on your bed and you don’t want to stand up to get that particular item or food you call your maid she gets it for you they live in your house, not like Europe or any other country it’s known that the maid’s come and goes back to their home family’s they don’t have to listen your command they’re job is to clean what is meant to be cleaned, I believe we are all spoiled but everyone is spoiled in a different way.

I began to talk about this topic because I have gone through a similar stage. I was obese, as I have mentioned in my blogs before, why have I chose this topic is because, in all of my WordPress, I am trying as more as possible to write about a healthy lifestyle, this is one of the main reasons it’s also affecting the kids in the way of consuming any food they want, and the parents don’t do anything about it. The side effects that the parents are ruining their kids’ health by allowing them to eat anything for example for manipulating kids, how commercials send a message to the kids is by choosing their favorite cartoon series for example minions they are manipulating them to make the kids wanting to eat the food what the minion is eating in the commercial that food because that minion is holding, for example, snickers and eating it, yes its good for you child to have sweets and tasty food, but not every day and every time they want there should be boundaries, but unfortunately there isn’t any.

Advertisement is a massive manipulation that is starting to be a problem worldwide; it’s a big game where it’s using costumer’s emotions for adults as well. It is not right to use machines to get your product sold, such as sweets junk food for kids.

You can say food advertisement is prompting obesity, having a healthy lifestyle is very complex, especially nowadays, we live in a generation full of trends The nutritional quality of trendy food sources is deficient and does not have the nutrition that the kids need it has all the lousy nutrition mostly then healthy that is why it has been controlled, and kids need to understand that is bad to have trendy food all the time because you can become obese we need the kids to understand. As well as, grocery shops, restaurants, schools, workplaces, and other sources are not well documented for the kids too, the message needs to be sent.

Each year, additional food products are produced by manufacturers and retailers to fulfill the demands of children and parents in today’s hectic, fast-paced world, new restaurants open up and as well posting on social media mainly, but on the other hand, for kids, it is affecting them because they don’t know what is terrible and what is good only the parents know what’s best for they’re a child and the parents don’t put a stop to the problem of becoming obese from a young age, it’s essential to improve your child health level from age and have all the nutrition is needed.

Obesity is a disease, not a lifestyle disorder, and covid has taken obesity to another level. Many people started to stress eat because of the pandemic the lockdown the first year; parents are not doing anything to have strict and healthy food; its only online ordering food, laying down since all the activities were shut from everyone because of the lockdown.

I believe parents should play a role in ruining their kid’s life’s from a young age not to get obese, and we need them to teach them to step by step to make them understand.

sources

https://wordpress.org/openverse/image/2b0f7bf2-9b41-43c5-bd6d-d91ef7963814

https://www.flickr.com/photos/38912465@N00/6218721443

https://www.flickr.com/photos/87635098@N00/188297063

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https://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/21/health/food-ads-kids-preschool/index.html

https://www.eatthis.com/news-obesity-major-cause-science/

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-10-12/childhood-obesity-ad-likens-junk-food-to-heroin/2295230

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-modern-brain/201910/4-ways-ads-target-kids-and-what-do-about-it

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https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/kids-under-the-influence/201305/coca-cola-marketing-and-childrens-health

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/kids-under-the-influence/201401/have-fast-food-restaurants-improved-their-marketing-kids

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/kids-under-the-influence/201402/what-s-parent-do

food advertisement & body image

Food advertising is promoting obesity in the younger age generation, especially in the United Arab Emirates. Having a healthy lifestyle is very complex especial that everything in the UAE that we have many new food trends, that open up very frequently and it makes the child want to try the new trends, not only that the family as well plays a role in not having a healthy lifestyle is by having unhealthy dinners not only dinners throughout the day having the nutrition they need is a must, but noways parents don’t focus on that part, what parents focus on is for their child to be happily full and relaxed.

that have the chance to eat whatever they want or order whatever they desire, noways every Arab family has a housemade that lives in their houses and whatever the kids want they get, there is never a no if there will be a no the kids start to cry and complain till the parent agrees to give what they want, we live in a generation where we are all spoiled.

How does advertisement influence the kids ?

advertisement influence the kids in many ways, the first way is by commercials as I have mentioned in my previous blogs, A commercial can, make the kids crave for that food or drink, the obesity in the Uae is the rate of 31.7% up today, as well Obesity diabetes, and other lifestyle diseases affect the majority of Emirati men under 30. And as well The Uae has ranked the highest diabetes of 4.7% .

Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the world

obesity is a disease not a lifestyle disorder , why has obesity today effected the world , covid has taken over the world , in the pandemic many people where stress eating in the first year that covid had started around 39% people gained weight as we see the rise of obesity around the world kids and as well adults , but obesity is linked to many diseases like Diabetes, Hypertension, Fatty liver disease, sleep apnoea, cancer and many more.

How can you change ?

firstly is having a strict diet on your self and the most important thing is changing your habits and your lifestyle. When I started my diet I had also changed my lifestyle , without changing your lifestyle it would be very difficult to have a healthy lifestyle I had first stage of obesity I would cry my self to sleep because of hard it was counting calories , I had created my self a strict diet I would eat 800 calories per day and train so I would burn more hone I would consume in my body, I thought one day I’d faint , but I had changed my lifestyle what time I would go to sleep or what would I do in my free time , before my diet I would go out with friends have drinks and it would always end with eating fast food.

conclusion

Because all parents play an important role in raising their children, they have the capacity to improve their children’s lifestyles so that they do not have to deal with obesity, overweight, or any other ailment throughout their lives , giving the kids fewer cartoons to watch so that they would not get influenced by the food that commercial Is being played and grabbing the kids’ eyes for wanting the food for example.

Sound Analysis

The movie For my sound analysis, “The black stallion” was released on October 17, 1979, by Carroll Ballard, he had directed more than six featured films, Carroll Ballard was also nominated for the best documentary feature award. The movie takes advantage of the Beuty of voices within the narrative film as well to remind the audience of common themes and to convey emotions, meaning ambition voice, sound effect, music, and voices in this movie. I believe it’s a film of work poetry, and as well a very wide dialogue and adding to that in the film there’re many intreating moments. The movie communicates the story of the movie is A young child is traveling on a ship when he notices a wild stallion on board who fascinates him. However, when the ship sinks, he and the horse were stuck on a deserted island, After the child bonds with a wonderful horse after being shipwrecked with him off the coast of Africa in the 1940s, and after their rescue, trains him to race.

the scene started when Alec Ramsey (Kelly Reno), a young child, and his first encounter onboard a ship with a wild black Arabian stallion horse, and his befriending of the monster by secretly feeding it with sugar cubes through an open window. The boy and the horse shipwrecked on a lonely island and Alec’s rescue of the horse stuck in ropes, Alec’s with a terrifying face experience with a snake, when the black steed came to his rescue, moments of their impression of one another, followed with emotional bonding on the beach when Alec climbed and rode the horse.

In this scene how the audience’s voice was phenomenal how people are cheering and talking with each other are very interested in the boy racing, the kid was very inspiring for young children of his age, how the audience start to scream and shout when the horse gets up on the back two legs, the audience starts to overreact, panic and started to be scared for the child, they where all discussing between who’s sitting close to each other, or between each other. The ambition voice of the background of the microphone where the speaker presents the race, usually the speaker is located where he can see all the audience having all the crowd beneath him including the race so that the speaker can analyze the race and be ready to discuss and explain what Is happening, the melody is being played how the soldiers/musicians introduce the race with the horns how it played to introduce the race with a bright tone and the volume is slowly rising and the speed is being added with the movement of the race as well representing the sudden drastic growth of the sound, the viewers the crowd who is watching the horse race. 

while the race is starting the boy’s horse started to act very strange the sound of the horse that is being created anger, the crowd panicking at this time another participant of the racehorse started to also jump creating noises frustration, the crowd is even louder creating a panic in the arena, the speaker is trying to explain the situation with a higher volume because everyone is shouting, yelling at the same time, the horses starting to tackle each other jumping with their back legs and attacking with the two from legs, the riders are holding as much as possible, the person who looks after the game helped them to put the horses back into the cages.

The audience starts to be quiet the sound effect of the horses breathing and the noise the horses are creating with their legs picking their leg up and putting back on the sand where the race is about to start, the race is about to Start, everyone is being very focused on the situation, the sound effect has rung that the race has begun the gates had unlocked made a small sound of it opening the gates, the horses started to run, the boy fell on the side of the horse keeping holding on the saddle while the horse is running, galloping at its full speed, the boy is screaming at the same time and as well as the horse making noises while it’s running, the audience had experienced the race with a shock of the boy almost falling.

In conclusion, the 8-minute clip that is a feast for the eyes with an amazing ending that gives you a nervous breakdown I would say it’s like two movies combines as one  The first film is about a shipwrecked boy and his horse on an island, and how they learn to survive by assisting one another. The second film tells the story of Alex, who, with the help of Mickey Rooney, saves the horse and gives it a purpose in the world. it made me want to watch the movie itself, doesn’t have any effects added and it suits it perfectly I learned a lot from this movie about how sound effect is added to the background music the voices of people talking and as well ambiance voice, this movie is very needed to watch for kids its very motivational for young kids especially. 

references

https://www.allmovie.com/movie/v5944

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/carroll_ballard